Austin at Large: Back (and Forth) to the Future

At some point Austin history will stop looping upon itself. Until next time …

"...I know about Austin policy and politics by the daily (really, 24/7) work of being a news reporter, so..."

March 17, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Five Things to Enjoy on the East Austin Studio Tour

From trees to tour buses, the highlights of weekend two of the celebration of tactile creativity

"...oversized graphite renditions of ordinary objects – mark by dot by scrape by blend, nigh on obsessively – and..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: Edith Frost Returns

Austinite once again, Edith Frost offers first new songs in over a decade, plus Natalie Jane Hill's debut and Red River Cultural District requests

"...she chooses to chat via Twitter, her outlet for daily thoughts previously shared by blog in the early 2000s...."

May 22, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Now Streaming in Austin: Two Step

ATX-shot noir online for free right now

"...- first but not least being local dance instructor Dot (a blazing performance from Beth Broderick) teaching two-step classes..."

March 23, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Rush Hour

The time we lose in traffic, on a global scale

"...– please? – but here on our pale blue dot, the ceaseless ebb and rarefied flow of traffic congestion..."

March 19, 2018 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW List No. 4

Dan Auerbach’s father and 118 other acts

"...One World Theatre regular, and rising rocker Ron Gallo dot a couple notables from outside the city limits, but..."

Jan. 18, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...Today’s 575 artists, bringing SXSW’s running total to roughly..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Because the Night Playlist

Daylight savings end-times tunes

"...The World Series is over and baseball is left..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Post by William Harries Graham

We Can't Make It Here Anymore

As the city's Economic Development Department readies its recommendations to City Council on Mayor Adler's Austin Music & Creative Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution, is it already too late for local artists in terms of local affordability?

"...an expanse of country, though new subdivision developments already dot the tight, winding road. Addison's 8-acre plot of land..."

May 27, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

"Rebecca Marino: The Best Available Evidence" at grayDUCK Gallery

The exhibit drops viewers into the middle of the mystery of UFOs, but without providing any answers

"...This committed belief to the amazing surrounds us daily. We want to believe things can be more than..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Review by H.C. Arnold

Mark Duplass Is a Creep

Found footage gets arty on Netflix

"...like Safety Not Guaranteed and The One I Love dot his resume, and earlier this year, he appeared in..."

July 14, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Danzig at Housecore Horror

Special Samhain set, plus Brian Posehn, Neurosis, and more

"...Posehn, metal fans may recognize him as the tiny dot on the FFF stage three years ago, telling jokes..."

July 16, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Fighting City Hall

What began as a play for Austin by a Ukrainian playwright has become a dispatch from the front lines of a war

"...just generally working to keep our town a blue dot in the field of red that is Texas. However,..."

May 2, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Farmers’ Market Report: April 12-13, 2014

Rhubarb, artichokes, asparagus, lamb roasts, and dog shampoo

"...you have to get there at 9 on the dot. At the HOPE Farmers’ Market on Sunday, the HOPE..."

April 11, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Beck Confirms for Austin City Limits’ 40th Season

‘Morning Phase’ slotted for the Moody on April 27

"...Mr. Hansen was also scheduled to appear during SXSW’s..."

March 25, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

A Capital Idea

How Josh Baer helps people 'quit their jobs' to join the bustling hive at Capital Factory

"...to help an employer. Eight years later, after the dot-com bubble burst and the housing market crashed – and..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Aloha, Milly Littlejohn

Hawaiian farewell to a classic newswoman

"...an assistant editor that could also write a chatty, three-dot style column of thinly disguised promotions for tourists...."

Oct. 1, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Arrested Development?

Young-at-heart Austin is home to a booming Young Adult literature scene

"...students, ... casual techies, world-class academics, the old guard, dot-com money, and just enough button-down types to keep the..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Letting the Freak Brothers Flag Fly

Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic's long, strange trip to the screen

"...Austin's Oat Willie's head shop its bony figurehead in polka-dot shorts. Yet it was the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers'..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...working with Guidry [online news service], with The Galveston Daily News? What sort of partnerships are happening with them..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Lux Bakery & Cafe

Lux blends coffee, sweets, and sandwiches into a multiethnic stew

"...developed, national and regional chain eateries slowly began to dot the landscape, along with the occasional local mom-and-pop outfit...."

Sept. 5, 2008 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

And the Academy Award for best brownie goes to ... Mary Louise Butters!

"...IMI to provide meals to the crowds that gather daily at the storied waterfront Canary Cottage next to the..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Trash-Can Punch Crackdown

APD teams up with fire department, TABC, DPS, and the city Solid Waste Services office to ensure codes and laws are enforced during all public assemblies

"...keep them safe," AFD Marshal Don Smith told The Daily Texan. For example, Potts said the ubiquitous black tarps..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Amid Yahootinis and Freebies, a Focus on the Future

BlogHer in San Jose

"...style, and humor – the classic components of the daily newspaper's lifestyle pages – and advertisers are taking their..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a movie review like she did with the film dot the i [Film Listings, June 17]...."

July 1, 2005 Column

TV Eye

"This is one of those rare cases where the initial conception was ambitious to begin with," Executive Producer Steve James says of The New Americans, a three-part documentary premiering March 29 on PBS' Independent Lens.

"..."In my daily encounters with immigrants, usually cabbies, I didn't find [one]..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Another Austin boom is pointless unless it improves the quality of life.

"...My initial beef here was with the daily, which wrote thousands of words about the loss of..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...science with other Austinites outside the university, and the daily newspaper doesn't even report on science any more...."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Culture Cash

Austin's artists and arts groups are working hard to survive the economic downturn, and now more than ever it's essential for the city that they do.

"...as elitists out of touch with regular folk and daily life. However, when you think about artists as critical..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...English's dining room table, the three women share odor anecdotes from the past year. Thoresen has lived in the..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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